Bicycle-stand.



E. F. PAWSAT.

BICYCLE STAND.

APPLICA T|0N FILED JULY 6. 1915.

I 1,170,099. Patented Feb. 1, 1916.

I &4 00x01): ffl/y/ /gmf Wok/14% 'r OLUMBIA I'LANUHRAPH c0., WASHINGTON D c UNITED STATES PAIN EWALD F. PAWSAT, OF SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR' TO WALD MANUFAC- TURING COMPANY, OF SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN.

BICYCLE-STAND.

Application filed July 6, 1915.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EWALD F. PAWsA'r, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Sheboygan, in the county of Sheboygan and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bicycle-Stands; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

This invention relates to the subject of stands of the type shown. in my patents granted April l l, 19M, No. 1093352, and October 20, 1914-, NO. 1114028.

The primary aim of the invention is to produce a stand in which the nuts of the rear axle form the stops that retain the stand in position to support the rear of the bicycle or motor-cycle.

Another object of the invention is to produce a stand that when not in use can be swung upward over the mud guard, and engaged with a clip carried by the upper portion of the rear fork bars of the machine, thereby obviating the necessity of clipping the stand to the mud guard, and at the same time connecting the stand to a rigid portion of the frame of the machine.

A simple and practical embodiment of the invention is shown in the accompanying drawings wherein Figure l, is a fragmentary view of the rear of a bicycle or motor-cycle equipped with the improved stand. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 2-2, Fig. 1.

Referring to the accompanying drawing by numerals, 1 designates the usual parallel upwardly extending bars of the rear forks of a bicycle or motor-cycle frame, such forks engaging the rear axle 2 in a manner well understood. Stand heads 3 in the form of flat plates are mounted on the end of the axle 2 and held therein by the usual nuts 4:-

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 1, 1916.

Serial No. 38,209.

The heads each have their lower ends pro- Jectirig below the axle and terminate in a lateral flange 5 that engages beneath the lower edge of the rear forks. The upper portions of the heads 3 project above as well rearwardly beyond the nuts 4, and

at points above and to the rear of said nuts the side legs 6 of the usual stand 7 have their free ends connected to said plates by the pivots 8. The stand is preferably of the type shown in my aforesaid patents, and when not in use is adapted to be swung on its pivots 8, over the mud guard 9 and engaged with the spring clip 10 projecting from the bracket 11 that embraces the bars 1, above the mud guard.

It will be observed by referring to Fig. 1 of the drawing that the described manner of connecting the stand 7 to the heads 3 causes the legs of said stand to lie against the side of nuts 4, when the stand is in a supporting position. A. lock 13 may be engaged with an opening 14 in one of the heads 3 to retain the stand in a supporting position.

I claim:

In a stand for bicycles and motor-cycles, the combination with the rear axle and the axle nuts, of stand heads held on the axle by the nuts, a stand having side legs pivoted to the heads at points above and to the rear of the nuts, the stand being retained in a supporting position by contact of the legs with the nuts.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand at Sheboygan,

in the county of Sheboygan and State of WM. H. GRUBE, IN. C. REvnNIrz.

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